4255 Homer A. Neal Lab
Labs: SB149, SB283, SB290 Homer A. Neal Lab (763.2544)
phone: 734.647.9031
About
Dr. Raithel received his Diploma and Ph.D. at the University of Munich, where he studied Rydberg atoms in external electric and magnetic fields and in cavity-QED systems based on high-Q superconducting microwave cavities. From 1995 to 1997, he researched as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at NIST on atoms in optical lattices. He then became a professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. His present work includes Rydberg-atom spectroscopy in cold plasmas, electromagnetic-field sensing, cold atomic gases, guided atomic flows and Bose-Einstein condensation, and atom interferometry. Rydberg atoms form exotic molecules and are suitable for field sensing, high-precision spectroscopy, and fundamental physics studies. Raithel was an Associate Chair of U of M Physics from 2009-2013 and Secretary/Treasurer of the DAMOP division of the APS from 2011-2014. He is a co-founder of Rydberg Technologies Inc, Fellow of the APS, has ~160 peer-reviewed publications, and has presented at many national and international conferences. A complete publication list is readily available on Google Scholar. About thirty of his graduate students have received Ph.D. degrees and hold positions in academia, industry, and government.
Field(s) of Study: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Experiment
Selected publications:
[1] “Principles of tractor atom interferometry”, G. Raithel, A. Duspayev, B. Dash, S. C. Carrasco, M. H. Goerz, V. Vuletić, V. S. Malinovsky, Quantum Science and Technology 8, 014001 (2022).
[2] “Long-range Rydberg-atom–ion molecules of Rb and Cs,” A. Duspayev, X. Han, M. A. Viray, L Ma, J. Zhao, G. Raithel, Physical Review Research 3, 023114 (2021).
[3] “Coulomb expansion of a cold non-neutral rubidium plasma,” M. A. Viray, S. A. Miller, G. Raithel, Physical Review A 102, 033303 (2020).
[4] “Circularizing Rydberg atoms with time-dependent optical traps,” R. Cardman, G. Raithel, Physical Review A 101, 013434 (2020).
[5] “Electromagnetically induced transparency, absorption, and microwave-field sensing in a Rb vapor cell with a three-color all-infrared laser system,” N. Thaicharoen, K. R. Moore, D. A. Anderson, R. C. Powel, E. Peterson, G. Raithel, Physical Review A 100, 063427 (2019).
[6] “Measurement of the hyperfine coupling constant for Rydberg states of Rb,” A. Ramos, R. Cardman, G. Raithel, Physical Review A 100, 062515 (2019).
[7] “Transition from electromagnetically induced transparency to Autler-Townes splitting in cold cesium atoms,” L. Hao, Y. Jiao, Y. Xue, X. Han, S. Bai, J. Zhao, G. Raithel, New Journal of Physics 20, 073024 (2018).
[8] “Control of spatial correlations between Rydberg excitations using rotary echo,” N. Thaicharoen, A. Schwarzkopf, G. Raithel, Physical Review Letters 118, 133401 (2017).
[9] “Measuring the Rydberg constant using circular Rydberg atoms in an intensity-modulated optical lattice,” A. Ramos, K. Moore, G. Raithel, Physical Review A 96, 032513 (2017).
[10] “Forbidden atomic transitions driven by an intensity-modulated laser trap,” K. R. Moore, S. E. Anderson, G. Raithel, Nature Communications 6, 6090 (2015).
[11] “Broadband Rydberg atom-based electric-field probe for SI-traceable, self-calibrated measurements,” C. L. Holloway, J. A. Gordon, S. Jefferts, A. Schwarzkopf, D. A. Anderson, S. A. Miller, N. Thaicharoen, G. Raithel, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 62, 6169-6182 (2014).
[12] “Photoassociation of Long-Range nD Rydberg Molecules,” D. A. Anderson, S. A. Miller, G. Raithel, Physical Review Letters 112, 163201 (2014).
[13] “Trapping Rydberg atoms in an optical lattice,” S. E. Anderson, K. C. Younge, G. Raithel, Physical Review Letters 107, 263001 (2011).
[14] “Reversible loss of superfluidity of a Bose–Einstein condensate in a 1D optical lattice,” R. E. Sapiro, R. Zhang, G. Raithel, New Journal of Physics 11, 013013 (2009).
